Austrians on Isonzo Front Rolled Back
Italians push on the Isonzo front as Austrian lines retreat in the Isonzo district with renewed Italian advances.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
6
Italians push on the Isonzo front as Austrian lines retreat in the Isonzo district with renewed Italian advances.
War front reports show Italian forces advancing on the Isonzo near Gorizia and near Monte San Michele, while Russians push east into East Galicia and Warsaw fronts cite gains. French and British actions in the Somme and Verdun sectors extend trench gains, with heavy German bombardments and counterattacks described.
Farmers in Texas adopt multiple progressive measures including reforms aimed at improving agriculture and rural life. The resolutions reflect organized advocacy and a push for policy changes impacting farming communities and governance.
The fourteenth annual Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of Texas closes with Henry N. Pope reelected president. The group endorses a state marketing bureau, a farmer owned bank linked to the Federal Reserve, and a plan to raise school district tax levies for bond funding. A central agricultural extension system and a commission to study duplications are supported.
Ad for La Creole Hair Dressing promises to restore gray or harsh hair to its former beauty for $1.00. The ad sits among aphorisms about judgment and compassion, reflecting a vintage ad and social musings.
Major General Frederick Funston lauded the Texas militia as having the best national guard record for mobilization and service. He noted Texans answered the president’s call with greater strength than their paper shows and praised their border patrol conduct. The piece also reports the U S purchase treaty for the Danish West Indies, signed in New York by Secretary Lansing and Danish minister Brun. Senator Lodge warns against losing these islands to a European power under the Monroe Doctrine. The islands include St Thomas St Croix and St John with a 33900 population largely negro.
Houston ex billionaire lumberman George Locke of Lake Charles La perished when his car overturned on a shell road a mile south of League City Texas on Sunday. Olin Moss a brother in law of Lake Charles and Charles Schlom of Houston were badly injured.
Brownwood Texas reports a reduced pecan crop this year due to a worm boring into green hulls and the late frost. Growers note many pecans dropping from trees as the harvest season nears.
London report says Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton could not reach Elephant Island through the pack ice and has returned to the Falkland Islands with the main body of his Antarctic expedition still stranded.
The first bale of the 1916 Arkansas cotton crop reached Pine Bluff from Rison in Cleveland County. It was picked on the county farm and arrived two days earlier than last year’s first bale.
The first of three national notification ceremonies in Indianapolis announced J. Frank Hanly former Indiana governor and Dr. Ira Landrith of Boston as the prohibition party nominees for president and vice president.
Lightning struck three crude oil tanks owned by the Guilt Pipeline Company at El Vista near Beaumont, damaging 112,500 barrels of oil. About half the oil can be saved by pumping from the bottom, with total losses estimated at 100000 dollars.
Elena won the Astor cup race in Newport crossing the line at 3 12 30. No other yacht finished within sight as she completed the course.
The City Marshals and Police Chiefs Union concluded its Houston session with officer elections and a vote to hold the next meeting in Waco. Acceptance speeches formed the core of the proceedings.
Washington reports J. L. Wilson was Saturday nominated for postmaster of Celina Texas.
Farmers and dairy men in the Flatonia area are busy filling their silos as they prepare for the coming winter season. The activity reflects efforts to secure feed and stabilize winter dairy operations in the Texas town.
Portland millers announced a flour price rise of at least 20 cents a barrel and possibly 40 cents in the Northwest, driven by higher wheat quotations.
Tokio reports Vice Admiral Hikonojo Kamimura of the Japanese navy died on Monday.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Corpus Christi Times plant on Wednesday causing extensive damage to adjoining property. Estimated loss set at 40000 dollars.
Five gunmen held up the pay master and armed guards at a Detroit Burroughs Adding Machine plant. They escaped with about 32 000 to 34 000 after shots injured one man.
President Wilson accepts Captain Victor Blues resignation as chief of the bureau of navigation and assigns him to command the battleship Texas in Washington.
A terse exchange hints at impending trouble as a friend fears a storm at home. The dialogue touches on justice and defense, suggesting hidden motives and the danger of unchecked curiosity driving some to profit from others.
A character named Uncle Eben critiques pride in uplift motives, noting a man may seek to boss others under the guise of improvement rather than true progress. The line reflects a wary view of power and influence in social conduct.
Grove's Tasteless chill tonic promotes health with quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system. Sold for 50 cents.
A dialogue from the Minneapolis Journal notes Red Casey was fined by a manager for talking back to the urmoire. Casey argued he called the man a thief and liar and asked for an eye examination, but the manager insisted a sharper mouth warranted punishment.
A prominent railroad inspector from Nashville endorses Lung Vita, claiming it relieved his grippe and helped his sick child after other medicines failed. The ad urges readers to mail $1.75 for a thirty day treatment to Nashville Medicine Co. Dept. C. Nashville Tenn.
A senior pupil teacher boasts being a vegetarian and abstainer, claiming to avoid tobacco and alcohol. He asks Johnny Brown to define vegetarian, and Brown humorously replies it means a man who does not use soap, highlighting the joke about cleanliness and perception.
An item notes a decades old household remedy Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial priced at 25c and 60c and mocks landlords in Bulgaria. It comments that fortune draws willing risk, a wife may nag yet stay loyal, and love and hate keep memories while indifference forgets.
The report states total lard production reaches 11.5 billion pounds each year, with about one third exported to international markets.
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